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Oct 26, 2020

Coastwatch Magazine Earns National Accolades

The National Sea Grant Communicators network singled out Coastwatch magazine for recognition during a virtual celebration of the network’s biannual Excellence in Communication Award. The magazine was the sole periodical from 34 Sea Grant programs across the country that judges named among the three finalists for the award.

Apr 20, 2020

Regional Flood-Resilience Research Considers Communities and Infrastructure

North Carolina coastal scientists and local officials are key partners for a Sea Grant research project in which experts from four South Atlantic states not only will quantify the impacts of flooding on access to infrastructure, but also will consider associated economic costs to coastal communities.

Aug 15, 2019

Sea Grant Seeks Proposals on Community Resilience to Flooding

South Atlantic Sea Grant programs — in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida — are seeking research proposals that quantify the impacts of flooding on access to infrastructure and the associated economic costs to coastal communities.

Aug 13, 2019

NC Coastal Conference Proposals Due Sept. 6

The deadline to submit proposals to present at the 2019 North Carolina Coastal Conference is now Sept. 6. North Carolina Sea Grant will host the event Nov. 19-20 at the Hotel Ballast in downtown Wilmington.

Jul 23, 2019

North Carolina Tropical Cyclone-driven Coastal Flooding is Worsening with Climate Change, Population Growth

A historic 120-year-old data set is allowing researchers to confirm what data modeling systems have been predicting about climate change: Climate change is increasing precipitation events like hurricanes, tropical storms and floods. North Carolina Sea Grant and the Water Resources Research Institute have supported this research.